selected publications article Industrial fishing and its impacts on food security: a systematic review. Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability. 2. 2024 Trade-offs in fishing strategy decisions and conservation implications for small-scale fisheries. Environmental Conservation. 2024 Exploring the relationship between fishing actors and network prominence in information-sharing networks in Jamaican small-scale fisheries. Human Ecology. 2023 COVID-19 impacts on food systems in fisheries-dependent island communities. Ecology and Society. 28. 2023 Is there no "I" in team? Potential bias in key informant interviews when asking individuals to represent a collective perspective. PLOS ONE. 17. 2022 Marine Spatial Planning in Regional Ocean Areas: Trends and Lessons Learned. Ocean Yearbook Online. 36. 2022
principal investigator on EAGER:PBI: Integrating Social and Economic Considerations in Ecosystem Innovation for Equitable Economic Development awarded by NSF - National Science Foundation 2024 - 2026 Collaborative Research: GCR: Engineering, Socio-environmental and Economic Convergence of Ocean Wave Energy Research for Remote Coastal Communities awarded by NSF - National Science Foundation 2024 - 2026 Using a climate justice approach to understand the drivers of social license and social legitimacy towards the introduction of carbon dioxide removal in North Carolina awarded by Vesta 2023 - 2025 A study of the marine fisheries and coastal habitats regulated by North Carolina: Year 3 awarded by North Carolina Policy Collaboratory 2024 - 2025 Exploring Fit of the Not-in-my-Backyard Label for Marine Energy Sentiments in North Carolina awarded by North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program 2024 Linking cognitive biases and fishing captains' perceptions of occupation risk and safety at sea approaches in North Carolina awarded by North Carolina State University (NCSU) 2022 - 2024 Assessing Knowledge Gaps and Misconceptions to Support Social Acceptance of Marine Renewable Energy in North Carolina awarded by North Carolina Renewable Ocean Program 2023 Towards a model for multisectoral engagement: Examining social construction and knowledge level of marine renewable energy development in North Carolina awarded by North Carolina Renewable Energy Program 2022
co-principal investigator on Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Funding for Activities at the Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) awarded by University of New Hampshire (UNH) 2024 - 2029 Pioneer Array Test Article Design and Development, Phase 1 awarded by DOE Sandia National Laboratories 2022 - 2025 Pioneer Array Test Article Design and Development, Phase 2 awarded by DOE Sandia National Laboratories 2023 - 2024 A study of the marine fisheries and coastal habitats regulated by North Carolina awarded by North Carolina Policy Collabotory 2022 - 2024
education and training B.S. in Marine Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington M.S. in Fisheries Science, Oregon State University Ph.D. in Fisheries Science, Oregon State University